Combined shipping and display carton.



A W. A. V. PORTER.

COMBINED SHIPPING AND DISYLAY CARTON. APPLICATION FILED DEG. 29, 1911.

1,055,651' Patented Mar.11,1913.

UNITED ,STATES PATENT oniricap WILLIAMIAQV. PORTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED SHIPPING- AND DISPLAY CARTON.

acter including a device for holding the contents \in -attractivedisplay' relation, which device is so constructed as not to limit to any`appreciable extent the capacity of the article as a shipping carton.

Another object is to provide articles of this character which are verycheap to produce, being stamped from blanks, and which' may be made verylight and yet adequately strong.

Other objects are to providecertain improvements in the form,construction and arrangementof the several parta whereby theabove-mentioned'objects may be effectively carried out..

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which- 4 `Figure 1 represents aperspectiveview'of the whole assembly in its open display position, Fig.2 e represents a vertical .central section, the parts being in theposition shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 represents the kwhole assembly inits closed form adapted for shipping. e

The article comprises 4in general an eX- terior box, of any convenientordesired shape, .1t being, 1n the present instance,

shown as rectangular in plan view and relatively iat or low. This'boxmay conveniently be constructed by stamping it from a blank ofpasteboard, or other similar material, and then folding it and securingit in shape by interlocking flaps. This box comprises a bottom 1, sides2, back 3, front4, and top 5. Thevbox is held in shape by means of theflaps 6, 7, extending fro-m the front 4 to the back 3 -along each endl 2of the box and interlocking by means of a tongue and slit engagement, asclearly shown at 8.

The front 4 may be cut away for the purpose of aidingin the display ofthe contents when used for that purpose, and thetop 5 may-be providedwith a depend- Specication of Letters Patent. Patented M31', 11,1913Application filed December 29, 1911.

Serial N0. 668,445.

other generalpart, a tray. This tray may be conveniently stamped fromsome suitable mate-rial, such, for instance, as pasteboard, and thenfolded over upon itself to lform a pair of hollowv blocks ofapproximately the same length and width, but one being about opened ingpanel 9 adapted to extend down over the l twice as high as the other.1This form is clearly shown in Fig. 2; the larger block` like portion ofthe tray being indicated by 13 and the smaller block-like portion by 14.After the tray hasl been folded into the form shown in Fig. 2, in whichit is folded' upwardly from about the central portion of the blank toform the back of the larger block, then' forwardly to form the top ofsaid block, then downwardly to 'form the front of said block, thenforwardly along the other portion of thel blank to form the bottom ofthe smaller block, then upwardly to form the front of this block, thenrearwardly to -form the top of this block, and finally downwardly inengagement with the front of the larger block, the portion forming thebottom of the smaller block-14 may be glued to the remainder of theblank which it engages, indicated at '15, and the portion formingthe'rear wall of the block 14 may be glued to the front of the block 13where it engages it as shown at 16. Any other convenlent formv forfastening the parts atl these points may be used, but gluing is found tobe eflicient and readily done. The top and back of the larger block'.1-3 may be struckoutlabout midway between their ends to form a tongue17 adapted to extend rearwardly through a slit 18 in the back 3 of thebox. This tongue 17 is for the manipulation of the tray, as will beherein` after described.

en it isdesired to use the article as a shipping carton,the tray as awhole may be collapsed by sliding it forwardly in the box a' distanceequal to the height of the block muy .13 and then flattening down thesaid block by pushingthe upper front corner of each toward the lowerrear corner of the same, thus causing the tray to assume a substaniiatposition within the box, as indicated in Fig. 3, with the tongue 17projecting to a very slight extent through the slit 18 in the back ofthe box. Contents suitable in size and number to the capacity of theboxmay be placed vupon the tray as thus collapsed, it being adapted, inthe form shown in the drawings, to hold three rows of articles which arenot substantiallyy greater in dimension from front to back than the samedimensionV of the blocks 13 and 14. .Y l

The braces 10 maybe folded inwardly and the top 5 closed down with itspanel 9 reinforcing the 'front of the box. The assembly is then adaptedfor wrapping or` tying and shipment. y

lVhe-n received by the retailer, the top 5 of the box may be opened andbraced in its open position by the parts 10. rlhe operator may then takehold of the end of the tongue 17 and pull it rearwardly. rl`his forcewill bring the folded end of the block 13 against the back 3 of the box,and when continued will cause the tray to gradually expand into theposition shown in Fig. 2 with the contents resting in three rows, instepped display, one row on top of the block 13, another row on top ofthe block 14 and a third row in front of the block 14 and on the bottomof the box, all as clearly shown in dotted lines `in Fig. 2, thusproviding an attractive arrangement for displaying the goodstocustomers.

Various parts of the box may be provided with any desired form ofornamentation or advertising matter, the inside of the top 5 beingparticularly adapted for this purpose,

It will be seen, from. the above description and reference to thedrawings, that l have prgvided a device. which is extremely simple, andwhich may, without any diculty, be instantly transformed from a shippingassembly to a display assembly and vice versa; without in any waychanging its form or injuring its capacity for performing bothfunctions.

It will be understood that various changes may be made in the form,construction and arrangement of the several parts without departing fromthe spirit` -comprising a box, for,vcreased, folded and scope of my`invention; hence l do not wish to limit myelf strictly to the structureherein set forth, ut

That I claim is 1. An article of the character described comprisingtherefor, creased, folded and secured in-the form of a rectangular blockadapted in its expanded position to it in the box with its back againstthe back of the box and act as a display support for the contents, andalso adapted to be collapsed to lie Iiat with its back on the bottom ofthe box so as not to limit Jthe capacity of the latter as a shippingassembly, t-he .said tray being so constructed that when' slidrearwardly within the box it will engage the back of the box and beautomatically expanded into display posit-ion.

y 2. An article of the kcharacter described comprising a box, acollapsible tray therefor, creased, folded and secured in the form of arectangular block adapted in its expanded position to lit in the boxwith its back against the back of the box and act as a display supportfor the contents, and also adapted to be -collapsed to lie flat with itsback on the bottom of the box so as not to limit the capacity of thelatter as a shipping assembly, and means extending wlthout the box forexpanding the tray-into display position.

l a box and a collapsible tray y 3. An article of the-.characterdescribetiff and secured in the form of a rectangular block adapted inits expanded position to lit in the box withits back against the back ofthe box and act as a display support for the contents, and also adaptedback on the bottom of the box so as not to to be collapsed to lie datwith its` a collapsible tray therel.

limit the capacity of the latter as a shipping assembly, and a tonguesecured to the tray and passing box for manually expanding the tray lntodisplay position. Y

In testimony, that I 'claim the .foregoing as my invention I have signedmy 11a-mein presence of two witnesses, this twenty third day of December1911,

wiLLiAM A. v.`l roR'rER.

Witnesses: v

F. GEORGE BARRY, HENRY C. THIEME.

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